It was an actual issue when I was looking for a dumb ceiling fan that could be speed controlled from a wall switch. I didn’t want a remote, I didn’t want the bullshit non-servicable integrated light, I didn’t want a wireless remote, and I sure as shit didn’t want any wireless or Bluetooth built in… It took going direct to the manufacturer and buying a discontinued model to get that. Absolutely fucking crazy. The light on one of the fans at my mom’s house died and because its a built in led module, on a 5ish year old fan, they aren’t made anymore, and you can’t just swap it with an off the shelf setup because it uses some crazy non-consumer available connector.
A good LED bulb can last a long time, but only the bulbs are interchangable. And often the chips overheat and fail even though in theory these lights can last 20+ years.
Now when there’s an issue you have to throw out the whole housing, which makes you have to buy a whole new set of lights.
There was a an angry nerd guy who had like a 30 minute video on just this, but I have no idea what his name was. He also has a see through dish washer video if that helps you find him.
also: he has way more LED light videos since the one I saw, including Christmas lights, which my wife will tell you I’ve been complaining about for like 10 damn years.
This guy is a kindred spirit for me, he has all my gripes but articulates and researches them better.
Is there 3phase going off that switch? Could probably slice the connector off and splice in any random fan/switch combo. Even if you mess up the phases it’d just rotate backwards. Though Im just guessing, Ive never seen a ceiling fan in my life.
It was an actual issue when I was looking for a dumb ceiling fan that could be speed controlled from a wall switch. I didn’t want a remote, I didn’t want the bullshit non-servicable integrated light, I didn’t want a wireless remote, and I sure as shit didn’t want any wireless or Bluetooth built in… It took going direct to the manufacturer and buying a discontinued model to get that. Absolutely fucking crazy. The light on one of the fans at my mom’s house died and because its a built in led module, on a 5ish year old fan, they aren’t made anymore, and you can’t just swap it with an off the shelf setup because it uses some crazy non-consumer available connector.
Ohh built/custom housed LEDs are a no from me.
A good LED bulb can last a long time, but only the bulbs are interchangable. And often the chips overheat and fail even though in theory these lights can last 20+ years.
Now when there’s an issue you have to throw out the whole housing, which makes you have to buy a whole new set of lights.
There was a an angry nerd guy who had like a 30 minute video on just this, but I have no idea what his name was. He also has a see through dish washer video if that helps you find him.
Technology Connections? It sounds like
There are very few angry nerds with see-through dishwashers and Alex is one of them.
That’s the one!
also: he has way more LED light videos since the one I saw, including Christmas lights, which my wife will tell you I’ve been complaining about for like 10 damn years.
This guy is a kindred spirit for me, he has all my gripes but articulates and researches them better.
I bought those lights after his video. Absolutely worth it.
I’ve been patching my old string of incandescents.
I should upgrade now that they don’t totally suck.
Is there 3phase going off that switch? Could probably slice the connector off and splice in any random fan/switch combo. Even if you mess up the phases it’d just rotate backwards. Though Im just guessing, Ive never seen a ceiling fan in my life.
A lot of them are going to brushless DC motors now and 10v led dimmers so if you try jacking that into 110v you have a single use smoke machine.